There was a women’s magazine in the supermarket checkout that featured “The Juice That Melts Belly Fat!” The article talks about drinking two glasses a day, to lose 9 pounds 3 “in a week! It’s cranberry juice.

There are two universities that experimented with cranberry juice on rats. The first investigator is Pierre S. Haddad, Ph.D. He did his research on rats at the University of Montreal. Apparently he was using enriched cranberry juice.

He was contacted by email. Pierre Haddad wrote: “Note, however, that our study found no benefit from regular cranberry juice on weight loss in obese mice. It is biotransformed juice (fermented with a special proprietary process with a specific bacteria) in the that we publish impressive results. “

E. Mitchell Seymour, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan, tried an experiment. He allegedly fed fat mice a diet packed with blueberries. It was quoted “Blueberry was altering belly fat!” He also said: “There have also been signs that COMPOUNDS in blueberries may even turn off our fat genes.”

An email was sent to E. Mitchell Seymour, Ph.D. asking if I had fermented the blueberry juice / diet with a special proprietary process with specific bacteria. He did not answer

The article also recommended drinking the juice with a meal. There are foods rich in antioxidants recommended to accompany the diet.

In Florida, several supermarkets and health food stores were visited to find pure cranberry juice. Health food stores did not carry cranberry juice or cranberry supplements. They had a product that had blueberries as part of a weight loss product. Grocery stores carry cranberry juice from Ocean Spray and other companies. Read the labels to find out what you get. Ocean Spray Diet Made with Real Fruit Juice 5 calories per serving Cranberry label indicates the following: filtered water, concentrated cranberry juice, concentrated grape juice, concentrated carrot juice, natural flavors, etc. Contains 4% fruit juice. Ocean Spray wrote how much of each juice in Diet Blueberry Juice will not be disclosed because it is proprietary. Organic cranberry juice was in grocery stores. It costs $ 7.99 and only 32 oz. The Ocean Spray cost 64 ounces and was much cheaper.

People should drink half their body weight in ounces of water. If you weigh 150 pounds, you should drink 75 ounces of water a day. That would be half a gallon, which is 64 ounces plus another 11 ounces. If you weigh 256 pounds, you should drink one gallon or 128 ounces of water per day. If you don’t like the taste of water, you can try drinking ionized water with alkaline antioxidants. This water has a wonderful smooth taste.

Supposedly drinking 16 oz. of cold water 30 minutes before a meal will help you lose weight. The water will help you feel fuller. It will also prolong the feeling of fullness after a meal. Cold water supposedly speeds up your metabolism. The cold water from the refrigerator makes your body work to warm the water to body temperature. This burns calories and speeds up your metabolism. Half a gallon of water weighs about 5 pounds per gallon would be 10 pounds. That gives you more weight without calories to burn more calories. The water will help you eliminate toxins from your body. Some of these toxins are associated with aging and make you feel tired.